June 2019: Coming Together to Share Knowledge and Improve Global Health Dear Colleagues, April kicked off the season of convening for the global health community, with the annual celebration of World Health Worker Week, followed by major meetings and conferences that continue to bring people together....
Last month, Ethiopia reached a milestone in its One Health efforts, successfully conducting a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Preparedness and Response Plan (PRP) Tabletop Simulation Exercise that illustrated the country’s readiness to combat an outbreak of this potential pandemic threat. One Health efforts—the interdisciplinary...
[caption id="attachment_34087" align="alignright" width="586"] Click to enlarge the Philippines Activity Conceptual Framework[/caption] In recent years, the Government of the Philippines has made landmark decisions to strengthen its health system. In 2012, the nation issued the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law to guarantee universal access to...
Reflections from the CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference Since October 2018 when the World Health Organization (WHO) released the WHO Guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes, we at the HRH2030 Program have all welcomed its important...
Community health workers play a big role many countries’ overall health status, which is one of the reasons why the WHO guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes was heralded when it was released on October 2018. The...
Zubaedah (“Zuby”) Sjahrizal is the senior technical advisor for the HRH2030 activity in Indonesia. She brings a deep knowledge of Indonesia’s health system to her role, having more than 20 years of experience in the sector. Early in her career, Zuby was director of...
You're Invited! . June 13, 2019 | 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EDT | Chemonics International, 1717 H Street NW, 1st Floor, Washington, DC . USAID is partnering with countries to build high-quality health systems that are accessible, accountable, affordable, and reliable. The provision of health services to...
Munashe Nykia is a registered nurse in Harare, Zimbabwe. He also serves as a Global Young Nurse Representative on the board for the Nursing Now Campaign which is run in association with the International Council of Nurses with support from the World Health Organization....
This blog originally appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition website. This year’s theme for the International Day of the Midwife, commemorated on May 5, is “Midwives: Defenders of Women’s Rights.” This includes the right for every midwife—and all health workers—to decent work and a...
With the much-anticipated Universal Health Care Act signed into law on February 20, 2019, the Philippine government appointed a national taskforce to develop its implementing rules and regulations. USAID's HRH2030 program is happy to announce the government designated Philippines Project Director Dr. Marilyn Lorenzo...